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<blockquote data-quote="Tonguez" data-source="post: 9646887" data-attributes="member: 1125">You also have the situation where the American Colonist came in distinct waves from different origins points to different destinations - they didnt have the same culture nor an automatic sense of community. Puritans came out of East Anglia and settled New England as a tight, dour religious community 1629 - 40, the Royalist Cavaliers came out of Southern England to settled Virginia 1642 - 75 and the Scots Royalist to Maryland, Quakers came with Midlands Farmers to settled Pennsylvania/Delaware 1675 - 1725 andNorthern Borderlands and Scots-Irish settled Appalachia and the Carolinas after 1717 - 1775Not to mention the Dutch, Germans and French around the placeBy the time of Benjamin Franklin the colonist were operating as distinct nations and could easily have drifted apart, One of the reasons why Franklin is so historically important is that he largely led the creation of the American identity. It would be fascinating to see what would happen if Franklin hadnt developed the modern postal service, published Poor Richard’s Almanack and supported the Enlightenment in the Americas ...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tonguez, post: 9646887, member: 1125"] You also have the situation where the American Colonist came in distinct waves from different origins points to different destinations - they didnt have the same culture nor an automatic sense of community. Puritans came out of East Anglia and settled New England as a tight, dour religious community 1629 - 40, the Royalist Cavaliers came out of Southern England to settled Virginia 1642 - 75 and the Scots Royalist to Maryland, Quakers came with Midlands Farmers to settled Pennsylvania/Delaware 1675 - 1725 and Northern Borderlands and Scots-Irish settled Appalachia and the Carolinas after 1717 - 1775 Not to mention the Dutch, Germans and French around the place By the time of Benjamin Franklin the colonist were operating as distinct nations and could easily have drifted apart, One of the reasons why Franklin is so historically important is that he largely led the creation of the American identity. It would be fascinating to see what would happen if Franklin hadnt developed the modern postal service, published Poor Richard’s Almanack and supported the Enlightenment in the Americas ... [/QUOTE]

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